Interpretation of the "Emissions by Category" and "Emissions by Scope" dashboards.
Once your greenhouse gas (GHG) assessment is completed, it is important to understand, interpret, and share your results.
These results can be presented in several ways: different groupings are possible, and each of these possibilities has a specific usefulness.
Total Emissions
Emissions by Greenly category and sub-category
Emissions by Scope and by regulatory entry
The Principles of Calculation 📊 Calculating Your Emissions
Initially, your greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are calculated using a monetary and/or physical approach: your expenditures (in EUR, USD, GBP, etc.) or certain physical flows related to your activities (ton, liter, km, etc.) are multiplied by emission factors ($kgCO_2e$/unit). The total result of your GHG assessment is the sum of all these emissions.
Grouping by Sub-category and Category
Once this initial calculation is performed, your emissions are grouped by Greenly sub-category. This first grouping is done through the emission factors that are used: each emission factor is associated with a sub-category.
Examples of sub-categories: "manufactured goods," "fuel," "road freight," "web, SaaS, and IT services," etc.
Your emissions are then grouped by Greenly categories: each sub-category is associated with a broader category. A single category encompasses sub-categories that share similar characteristics.
Examples of categories: "product purchases," "service purchases," "waste," "travel/commuting" (or just "travel"), "energy," "freight," etc.
Grouping by Regulatory Entry and by Scope 🏛️
A second way to represent your results is to classify your emissions by regulatory entry and then by Scope.
Each of the Greenly sub-categories is associated with one or more regulatory entries. Each regulatory entry is associated with a Scope (1 to 3).
The regulatory entries may vary depending on the methodology selected (BEGES v4, BEGES v5, or GHG Protocol).
Examples of regulatory entries: "direct emissions from fixed combustion sources," "indirect emissions related to energy consumption," "upstream freight," "business travel," "purchases of goods," "capital goods," "end-of-life of sold products," etc.
Caution - For the BEGES v5 methodology, the regulatory entries are not grouped by Scope but by Category:
Category 1 corresponds to Scope 1
Category 2 corresponds to Scope 2
Categories 3 to 6 correspond to Scope 3
For more details on regulatory entries and Scopes:
(include link to méthodologies réglementaires collection)
The Dashboards 🖥️
Emissions by Category
On this dashboard, you can observe several levels of detail:
Total emissions
Emissions by Greenly category
Emissions by Greenly sub-category. To access the detailed emissions by sub-category, you must click on a category.
Emissions by Scope 🔍
On this dashboard, you can observe several levels of detail:
Total emissions
Emissions by Scope
The distribution of emissions between regulatory entry and Scope based on their original Greenly sub-category (more details below)
You can also filter all these results by selecting one or more Greenly categories.
Interpretation of Graph 3 📊 Vertical Bars These bars correspond (from left to right) to the Greenly sub-categories, the Greenly categories, the regulatory entries, and then the Scopes.Horizontal Bars (3 sections connecting the vertical bars) Flows link the different groupings together. These flows reflect the steps of the calculation presented above. From left to right: 1st section - Each Greenly sub-category is associated with a broader Greenly category. 2nd section - Each Greenly sub-category is also associated with one or more regulatory entries. ⚠️ A single original Greenly sub-category can be associated with multiple regulatory entries. ⚠️ There is no direct link between a Greenly category and a regulatory entry. It is the sub-categories that create this link. 3rd section - Each regulatory entry is associated with a Scope.